Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Our easter bunnies are loose

(c) Stefanie Hofer (Zirbenland Marketing)

At least the ones that were not caught outdoors in the recently fallen snow

(c) Stefanie Hofer (Zirbenland Marketing)

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

a brief trip to Italy to SIGEP and San Marino

Been to Italy last week to visit SIGEP the international trade show in Rimini for icecream, chocolate, pastry, coffee and a lot more. It was a fantastic trip and the size of the venue was incredible - over 1000 exhibitors were present - way too many to take everything in.

The Italian Barista Championship took place, the Gelato World Cup and many more exciting events. Unbelievable how much creativity and diversity could be seen there. The Italians truly know 'la dolce vita', but there were also many companies from other countries present. We spent quite a while at the Valrhona booth, a premium chocolate maker from France, which chocolates we use for some of our products.











We had the chance to visit San Marino one late afternoon, and the weather and light made for amazing photo opportunities. The Republic of San Marino is an enclaved micro state (only 61.2 km2, 32 000 inhabitants) sourrounded by Italy and situated very close to Rimini. The old town and citadell is situated on a rock, nicely elevated and conveniently reached by cable car.
Wonderfull and full of culture!

Looking down from San Marino



It wouldn't be authentic without a crane in the photo